In early February 2026, Research Engagement Network (REN) teams from across the South East came together to share their work, insights and learning. The Sussex REN was represented by SIS Quality Assurance & Projects Manager Vikki Gimson, and Bilingual Community Researcher Meryam Ejjia, alongside colleagues from Trust for Developing Communities. The event showcased the diverse…
SIS has recently been working with Sussex Partnership NHS Trust (SPFT) on their How Are You Really Feeling? mental health resources which signpost people to appropriate support for their mental health and emotional wellbeing in their region of Sussex. These leaflets and posters are available in 5 Community Languages and uploaded to the SIS translated…
Last year we celebrated 30 years with 160 people from across our extensive community networks. The memory of that AGM carried us through the challenges of 2025. Our vision for the 2025 AGM was to bring people together, build resilience and counter anti-refugee narratives. We wanted to live up to our reputation as `The People`s…
SIS has joined UOK Brighton & Hove which relaunched under a new contract in October 2025. UOK is a partnership of local charities, community groups, and experts working together to strengthen mental health and wellbeing support for adults across the city. The strengthened partnership, funded by NHS Sussex and Brighton & Hove City Council, is…
Under the NHS Sussex Inclusion Health Grants Programme, Sussex Interpreting Services (SIS) has launched a series of impactful training initiatives, aimed at improving access to services for Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Migrants (RAM). The project is a collaboration between the SIS Learning and Development Team and the Projects Team, focusing on helping Service Providers gain…
We are very proud to publish our 2024-2025 Annual Review In the latest 16 page review we share the news that, this year, we were awarded 17 areas of Compliance Plus by the Customer Service Excellence Assessor. This is an outstanding achievement, placing us in the highest 5% of assessed organisations and this makes SIS…
In September, a Sussex Interpreting Services (SIS) linguist invited a small group of older (50 years +) Arabic speaking Service Users (SUs) to attend a ‘Souk’ style event with stalls and activities to celebrate health, wellbeing, and culture. Bridging Change organised the event, as part of their Ageing Well partnership work in response to needs…
Earlier this year, the Community Voices Group (CVG) started a series of discussions around the issue of racism in schools. Building on that, a workshop for parents and carers of children or young people from minoritised groups who have experienced racism at school was held in June. The workshop was led by Bridging Change alongside…
Sussex Interpreting Services (SIS) has undertaken two pieces of research, with Service Users and NHS departments, into why patients who require support with communicating in English miss some of their NHS appointments, and how that could be reduced. The first piece focussed on gathering insight from SIS Service Users who had missed NHS appointments. The…
SIS has gathered insight into pharmacy services in Brighton and Hove for people with language needs. This work was funded by the NHS Sussex Health Inequalities Grant. Background: As part of the national research conducted by Healthwatch Pharmacies: What People Want project, SIS supported Brighton & Hove Healthwatch to identify and interview a refugee or…
